IP Library Granted Patent US 11,997,910
Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,910 · App. 17/281,596 · Granted May 28, 2024

Sensor device and semiconductor device

Inventors: Takashi Nakagawa (Sagamihara, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, JP); Takahiro Fukutome (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K65/00H10K19/20H10K77/111
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Patent No.
US 11,997,910
App. No.
17/281,596
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible semiconductor device including a light-emitting element and a sensor element is provided. The semiconductor device includes a sensor device, a processor, and a communication device. The sensor device includes a first pixel and a second pixel formed over a flexible substrate. The first pixel includes a light-emitting element and a first transistor. The second pixel includes a sensor element having a photoelectric conversion function and a second transistor. Light emitted from the light-emitting element has a peak wavelength. A range of wavelength sensed by the sensor element includes the peak wavelength. A semiconductor layer of the first transistor and a semiconductor layer of the second transistor include the same element. A pixel electrode of the light-emitting element has a function of being electrically connected to the first transistor and a function of blocking diffusion light to the sensor element.

Claims (49)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a sensor device;

a processor; and

a communication device,

wherein the sensor device comprises a first pixel and a second pixel formed over a substrate,

the first pixel comprising:

a light-emitting element; and

a first transistor,

the second pixel comprising:

a sensor element having a photoelectric conversion function; and

a second transistor,

wherein a first insulating layer is over the first transistor,

wherein a second insulating layer is over the first insulating layer,

wherein light emitted from the light-emitting element has a peak wavelength,

wherein a range of wavelength sensed by the sensor element comprises the peak wavelength,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise the same element in their semiconductor layers,

wherein a pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element is configured to be electrically connected to the first transistor and to block diffusion light to the sensor element,

wherein the pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the first insulating layer, and

wherein an end portion of the pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the second insulating layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer comprises a region between the first pixel and the second pixel.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein light sensed by the sensor element is subjected to arithmetic operation in the processor, and

wherein the communication device transmits a result of the arithmetic operation.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor device is configured to sense the amount of glucose in blood.

5. A sensor device comprising a first pixel and a second pixel formed over a substrate,

the first pixel comprising:

a light-emitting element; and

a first transistor,

the second pixel comprising:

a sensor element having a photoelectric conversion function; and

a second transistor,

wherein a first insulating layer is over the first transistor,

wherein a second insulating layer is over the first insulating layer,

wherein light emitted from the light-emitting element has a peak wavelength,

wherein a range of wavelength sensed by the sensor element comprises the peak wavelength,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise the same element in their semiconductor layers,

wherein a pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element is configured to be electrically connected to the first transistor and to block diffusion light to the sensor element,

wherein the pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the first insulating layer, and

wherein an end portion of the pixel electrode included in the light-emitting element comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the second insulating layer.

6. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein the substrate is flexible.

7. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein the peak wavelength is greater than or equal to 700 nm and less than or equal to 9000 nm.

8. The sensor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the light-emitting element comprises a first organic compound and a common layer, and

wherein the sensor element comprises a second organic compound and the common layer.

9. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein a region comprising no conductive layer is provided between the first pixel and the second pixel.

10. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor each comprise a metal oxide in the semiconductor layer.

11. The sensor device according to claim 10 , wherein the first transistor or the second transistor comprises a back gate.

12. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second insulating layer comprises a region between the first pixel and the second pixel.

13. The sensor device according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor device is configured to sense the amount of glucose in blood.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2021
From: NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI; IKEDA, TAKAYUKI; FUKUTOME, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055786/0006 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-192511 · Oct 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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